[DVBC] [Fwd: Ride report] Winterthur Carriage Parade

[Bob Curtiss]

We  saw this too... truly grand spectacle!

A group of 15-20 WCBC riders, on the return leg of a 50-miler called  
the Brandywine Ramble, crossed paths with the carriage parade, I  
think it was somewhere along Center Meeting Rd.

There are 3 more Brandywine Rambles scheduled for the next three  
Sundays, if anyone's interested to ride. Check the website:    http:// 
whiteclaybicycleclub.org/monthlyrides/may06.htm

~Bob

On May 8, 2006, at 11:42 AM, ira at craftech.com wrote:

> Here's a nice account of a unique event that we witnessed on our ride
> Sunday. It was written by Jack(vortex) from BCP.
> I-man
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> Subject: Ride report
> From:    Jackvortex at aol.com
> Date:    Sun, May 7, 2006 10:34 pm
> To:      thelist at phillybikeclub.org
> Cc:      ira at dvbc.org
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>   It was twelve noon.  Thirteen riders were cycling north out of  
> Delaware
> State, following the Brandywine. This is DuPont country: we never see
> people  here, and we seldom see cars.  But today the road.  was  
> lined with
> people waiting  for a parade. A minute later, the first one filled the
> road in front of us.  This was the Winterthur Carriage Parade.  The
> grandest were in the vanguard.  This is a narrow, two-lane road  
> with heavy
> shade and no shoulder, making the size  of a coach and four seem even
> greater. It is shocking to meet a large coach  filled with passengers
> wearing clothing from the Nineteenth Century, being  pulled by almost
> three tons of horses adorned with silver. The heads of the  passengers
> were ten feet above the ground. The coaches were rolling swiftly
> downstream. The drivers fought to control the horses, distracted by  
> the
> cyclists. In  some cases, the heads of the horses were pulled at right
> angles to their  bodies. The men wore top hats and blankets across  
> their
> laps; the dashboard is aptly  named. Parasols rested like arrows in a
> quiver at the side of the coach. I  lost count after two dozen  Two
> wheeled carts pulled by a single horse followed  at the tail end.  
> We've
> had to wait for a fox hunt to cross the road a few  times, but I  
> doubt I
> will ever see this spectacle again.
>
> Jack
>
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